Intra-uterine growth restriction induced by maternal low-protein diet causes long-term alterations of thymic structure and function in adult male rat offspring.

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serval:BIB_CAF70B17A491
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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
Intra-uterine growth restriction induced by maternal low-protein diet causes long-term alterations of thymic structure and function in adult male rat offspring.
Journal
The British journal of nutrition
Author(s)
Armengaud J.B., Dennebouy Z., Labes D., Fumey C., Wilson A., Candotti F., Yzydorczyk C., Simeoni U.
ISSN
1475-2662 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0007-1145
Publication state
Published
Issued date
28/04/2020
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
123
Number
8
Pages
892-900
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Early malnutrition, the first environmental cause of intra-uterine growth restriction, impairs development of the thymus. Alterations of the thymic structure and function are reported at young ages in murine and ovine models. However, descriptions of thymic consequences of fetal malnutrition at adulthood are scarce. The present study investigates thymic structure, protein expression and cell selection process observed at postnatal day 180 (PND180) in male offspring of rats exposed to maternal low-protein diet (mLPD) compared with control diet during gestation. The thymic index was lower in adult offspring exposed to mLPD (P < 0·05). The thymic cortico-medullar ratio was lower in adult offspring exposed to mLPD (P < 0·05). At PND180, the protein expression of the lymphotoxin β receptor (P < 0·05), the autoimmune regulator (P < 0·05) and Forkhead Box P3 (FoxP3; P < 0·05) was all significantly lower in the mLPD group. The CD4+:CD8+ single-positive thymocyte subpopulation ratio and CD4+:CD8+ lymphocyte subpopulation ratio were increased in the mLPD group (P < 0·05). Among CD3+ lymphocytes, the proportions of CD4+CD8+ double-positive lymphocytes, CD31+ recent thymic emigrants and CD4+FoxP3+ lymphocytes were not significantly different between mLPD and control groups. These findings suggest mLPD during gestation induced long-lasting alterations in the development of thymic structure and thymic cell maturation and selection process in adult male rat offspring.
Keywords
DOHaD, Nutritional immunology, early-life nutrition, intrauterine growth restriction, thymus, Developmental origins of health and disease, Early-life nutrition, Intra-uterine growth restriction, Thymus
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Web of science
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